Ms Adri van Niekerk serves as the Company Secretary and Head of the Board Secretariat at the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF). She is responsible for providing governance and strategic support to the Board of Trustees and its committees, ensuring the effective functioning of the Fund’s governance structures and compliance with applicable legislative and regulatory requirements. In her role, she oversees the Board Secretariat and provides guidance on corporate governance, board administration and stakeholder engagement. Ms van Niekerk is committed to promoting good governance, accountability and ethical leadership in support of the GEPF’s mandate and long-term sustainability.

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Will Farrell

Federated Hermes
Assistant Manager, EOS
London

Will co-leads the climate change theme at EOS, the stewardship arm of Federated Hermes Limited, where his coverage includes companies in Europe and Australia, primarily financial services, energy, chemicals, and materials. Prior to joining EOS, Will worked in the energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Macquarie Capital, where he specialised in renewable energy. Before that, Will held a number of roles across the UK climate policy space, including as a parliamentary researcher for Rt. Hon. Chris Skidmore MP on climate and energy issues, and as a climate and economic policy analyst at a diplomatic institute. He was appointed as a voluntary adviser to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, on preparations for COP26 after co-founding a Westminster climate policy group in 2019, which engaged MPs and Members of the House of Lords to advocate for more ambition on climate action in public policy. Will has a Bachelor’s degree (1st Class Honours) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.